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Special Entertainment Provided By:
10:00-11:00am Academy of Performing Arts Dance Group
11:00-11:30am Boiling Springs Elementary Singing Stars
11:30am-12:30pm Mama Said Band (Americana and Rock Music)
12:30-1:00pm Springmore Elementary Show Choir
1:00-1:30pm GWU Jazz Band
1:30-2:30pm Flint Hill Band (Blue Grass Straight to the Point)
2:30-3:00pm The Mark Wood Experience (of Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
3:00-3:30pm GWU Joyful Hands Ministry Team
3:30-5:00pm Stone Cold Fox Band (High Energy Cover Band)
For more information, call 704.406.3824 or visit info@bolingspringsnc.net
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3rd Annual Springs Alive Festival
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Campus of Gardner-Webb University
Sponsored by the Town of Boiling Springs and Gardner-Webb University
9:00am YMCA Healthy Kids Fun Run/Walk, GWU Spangler Stadium, Sponsored by YMCA. Cost $10.00 ($15.00 after April 12th). To pre-register, please visit www.clevecoymca.org/gwu_student, or call 704.484.9622
10:00-11:30am Free Tennis Clinic, All Ages, GWU Tennis Courts
10:00am: Jr. Leagues Explained, NCTA & former GWU player Daniel Abrahao. 10:30-11:30am: On court games, fun tennis relays, equipment provided Sponsored by Cleveland County Tennis Association.
10:00am-5:00pm WGWG Pickin Tent, Anyone Welcome! Bring an acoustic instrument and join the fun!
12:00pm Parade on Main Street
1:00pm GWU Doubleheader Baseball Game versus Campbell University
10:00am-5:00pm SPRINGS ALIVE BASH, GWU Quard
Inflatables, trolley rides and trains rides, free swimming, Broyhill Adventure Course, climbing wall, and carnival games. Art and crafts available for purchase by local artisans. Food and beverages provided by Rotary Club of Boiling Springs and Campus Ministry of GWU.
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10:00am-5:00pm
Registration 9:00am-11:00am
Trucks and Motorcycles Welcome!
Trophies Awarded!
Bake Sale, Half & Half Tickets, and Music!
Entry Fee: $15.00
Proceeds go to Relay for Life Cancer Drive
Sponsored By the Blue Oval Performance Ford Club
What: 30/60 Miles
When: Saturday April 19, 2008, 8:30am
Where: Gardner-Webb University Football Center
Ride Fee: $20.00 ($25.00 Day of Ride) Includes a t-shirt, and two rest stops along the route and lunch. Pre-register by March 30 to be guaranteed a t-shirt and have name entered for prizes!!!
To pre-register, visit www.tourdesprings.com
Sponsored
by the GWU-YMCA. Proceeds go to "We Build People Scholarship."
Gardner-Webb has extended an opportunity for you to express your gratitude to a University faculty or staff member or a fellow alumnus who had an impact of you during your time at Gardner-Webb.
Step One: Choose the faculty, staff, or alumnus that you would like to honor or memorialize with your gift.
Step Two: Choose the area of the University that you would like your gift to be applied toward.
If you make a gift in honor or memory of someone from your Gardner-Webb experience, you and your Great Person will be invited to a special event at Gardner-Webb on March 29, 2008 at 4:00pm.
Don’t miss this opportunity to say, “Thank You.”
Click here, to make a gift in honor or in memory of your great person.
It's Not Too Late!
Don't miss the 50th Reunion for the classes of 1958 and 1959, March 28.
the Half-Century Club Luncheon, Saturday, March 29, 11:30am.
Martha Mason Challenge Endowed Scholarship Fund!
For registrations, call 704.406.3862 or e-mail alumni@gardner-webb.edu
Are You Receiving
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The Webb Magazine is publication of Gardner-Webb that functions to keep alumni and friends of the university informed of campus news and alumni updates.
If you are not currently receiving The Webb Magazine and would like to, please e-mail alumni@gardner-webb.edu and provide you name and contact information.
Workshop Objectives
· Learn the distinguish elements of care ethics
* Explore unconscious motivations for becoming a professional with responsibility of caring for others.
* Identify personal patterns of collusions which may impede healing aims for others
* Review multi-disciplinary codes of ethics and their new features
To register by phone or for further information, call the Gardner-Webb GOAL office at 1.866.498.4625.
The Gardner-Webb University
For Continuing Education
And Professional Development
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Presents a 3-hour ethics workshop
Ethical Caring: Callings, Collusions, and Complexities
Friday, April 11, 2008
9:00a.m.-12:00p.m.
University Athletic Complex
$89.00
10 GREAT benefits for
GWU alumni...
GREAT Friends for Life...
1. GWU Email for Life: Did you know you can keep your Gardner-Webb issued email account after graduation? With the auto forward option available through mywebb, you can keep you GWU email account and forward your emails to another account. For more information, contact Information Services at (704) 406-4647.
GREAT Connections...
2. GWUpdate Email Newsletter: We want to keep you informed about campus and alumni events through our monthly e-newsletter-GWUpdate. Find out the latest news and happenings at GWU; Stay connected to the Webb!
3. The Webb Magazine: A publication of GWU, it serves to keep alumni and friends of the university informed of campus news and alumni updates.
GREAT Celebrations...
4. Alumni Class Notes: Share with us and fellow alumni your latest news...marriage, new baby, job promotion, awards. Submit a class note through the GWU website under alumni and friends. We will publish your news in the Webb magazine, a publication for alumni and friends of the University.
GREAT Events...
5. Alumni Programs: Stay connected to classmates and your Alma Mater by attending alumni events held throughout the year such as Homecoming, reunions, local and regional events, networking and educational programs. Mark your calendar for Homecoming 2008, October 24-25!
Great Services...
6. GWU License Tag: Proudly display your GWU pride wherever you go! North Carolina residents can now order GWU's collegiate license tag through any local DMV office our online at http://www.ncdot.org/dmv/.
7. Alumni Board: The Alumni Board consists of a diverse group of men and women, who through their commitment to GWU, act as a voice of the alumni, sponsor local and regional alumni events, and promote campus and community service projects.
GREAT Resources...
8. Dover Library: As GWU alumni, you can continue to enjoy a number of library privileges. Use resources such as on-site databases, library assistance any time, and a free borrower's card to check out circulating materials. Contact the Library by phone at (704) 406-4290, or visit www.library.gardner-webb.edu.
9. Career Services: Let the Office of Career Services help you with building your resume and job seeking skills, interview tips and mock interviews, job bulletins, and career fairs. Contact Career Services at (704) 406-4562 or visit www.careers.gardner-webb.edu.
10. Campus Shop Discount: A 15% discount is available, twice a year for one week, to alumni for purchases of GWU merchandise on-line on in-store. Contact the Office of Alumni Relations for more information.
Stay Connected!
For more information about Alumni Relations:
Call: (704) 406-3862
E-mail: alumni@gardner-webb.edu
Visit: www.alumni.gardner-webb.edu
Alumni Spotlight
Dr. Sophia Gomes Steibel
Professor of Christian Education, Gardner-Webb University
Sophia was born and raised in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; she is one of six children of all whom have surrendered to the call of ministry in some capacity. She is named for missionary Sohpia Nicols. late evangelist and founder of the international radio ministry, the “Bible School of the Air.” Executive home mission board of brazil, planted church downtown, epitome of emergent church.
Natural, dad emphasized daily devotion in family, She accepted Christ at age 7 sermon her dad was preaching in mountains of Brazil went forward during invitation. But members of First Baptist Brazil and had bible drill Wednesday night asked her questions and church members voted a approved her baptism. On way home had ice cream to celebrate. Call to ministry: 1st grade said wanted to be a teacher and missionary. Attended GA and acteen camps full-time ministry home environment cultivated relationship with God, to the church. and Doreen Steward first taught English at 12 but never really got the hang of it until GWU. Inspired and equipped by Dr. LeRoy Ford, Dr. Canoy, husband, family.
Met Eduardo in Porte Legape in South Brazil, he was president of the Youth. Corresponded thereafter. Came to study in Rio at theological Seminary.
"He was the most hansome man I had ever seen."
Dated, corresponded when she came to GWU and then came to NC. Married in Morehead City. And then left to get Masters and doctorate.
When she is not serving her students, Sophia enjoys working out, gardening, and painting. She is fond of listening to classical music and playing hymns on the piano. She loves reading-today, she has a special interest in the sermons of John Claypool.
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Sophia’s love affair with Gardner-Webb began in 1973 when the Baptist Men of North Carolina began sponsoring her undergraduate studies. These men had made a connection with her during a mission trip to her hometown. She graduated in 1977 with a bachelor of arts degree in religious education and continued her studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where she earned her Master of Arts and Ph.D. After serving as professor at the Religious Education Institute and South Brazil Baptist Theological Seminary in addition to President of Campinas Baptist Theological Seminary, she returned to GWU in 1993 to serve as professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy. In 2001, she joined the School of Divinity faculty as professor of Christian Education. Sophia has been named Who’s Who as both a student and professor and in 2006 received the honorary Fleming-White Award, no known as Gardner-Webb University’s Outstanding Professor Award.
If you are interested in contacting Dr. Sophia Steibel, you can reach her by phone at 704.406.3862 or by e-mail at SSteibel@gardner-webb.edu
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